Begins News
Romney campaign begins quiet push for African American voters Washington Post Mitt Romney's campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama's most loyal supporters ? black voters ? not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters ... |
Solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight BusinessWeek By FRANK JORDANS An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week. Pilot Andre Borschberg planned to take the jumbo jet-size Solar Impulse plane on ... |
Battle Over Dish's Ad-Skipping Begins as Networks Go to Court New York Times THE Dish Network and three television networks filed opposing lawsuits on Thursday over Auto Hop, a feature that allows Dish subscribers to automatically skip all the advertising during most prime-time shows. The owners of the CBS, Fox and NBC networks ... |
 Fort Worth Star Telegram | Eagle begins good day for Garcia Fort Worth Star Telegram By Drew Davison Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Justin Rose are headlining a golf event this weekend. But it's in England, not Fort Worth. The BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club in Surrey, England, is one of the premier events on ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Scots' push for Britain breakup begins in earnest Reuters By Andrew Osborn | EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Supporters of independence for Scotland will launch on Friday what they say is the biggest grassroots campaign in Scottish history, a move that could result in the demise of a 305-year-old union with England and ... Yes-to-independence campaign begins |
Syria Blame Game Begins as Annan's UN Peace Plan Falters BusinessWeek By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Nicole Gaouette on May 24, 2012 As the United Nations peace plan for Syria flounders toward failure, a US-Russian blame game has begun, increasing the odds that violence the UN says has killed more than 10000 people will ... |
 Myjoyonline.com | Egypt's Brotherhood Claims Early Lead as Vote Count Begins Voice of America As Egyptians wrapped up two days of voting in a historic presidential election, early indicators showed the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamist candidate taking the lead among the five presumed front-runners. A spokesman for the Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi ... Brotherhood claims lead as Egypt vote count begins Egypt begins counting ballots Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in historic presidential elections as Egypt ... |
Lockheed begins hiring 'temporary' workers to fill in for strikers Fort Worth Star Telegram By Bob Cox Lockheed Martin ratcheted up the pressure on striking Machinists union members Thursday by announcing that it will hire temporary workers to fill aircraft production jobs. But the action seemed not to faze union leaders and some members, ... |
Fire on submarine put out, investigation begins Reuters By Toni Clarke | BOSTON (Reuters) - Firefighters braving "incredible heat and smoke" extinguished a fire that broke out aboard a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine docked in Maine and caused extensive damage, a Navy official said on Thursday. |
 Toronto Star | Strike begins at Canadian Pacific railway BusinessWeek By ROB GILLIES Canada's labor minister strongly suggested Wednesday the government will introduce legislation to end a strike at Canadian Pacific railway that has suspended freight service across the country. Teamsters Canada said the strike against ... Strike begins at Canadian Pacific railway, which has track in North Dakota |